Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul: Memories of a City

Norbert Bugeja (University of Malta)

Ed. by Rita Sakr, Maynooth University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.1.1.02: Turkish Writing and Culture: Modern and Contemporary, 1922-present.

Dates

First circulation or publication 2006

Places

Turkey (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Non-Fiction
- Memoir

Resources

Istanbul — Memories of a City is a memoir written by Istanbul-born novelist and 2006 literature Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk (b. 1952). First published in English in 2005 and translated by Maureen Freely, this autobiographical work follows on from Pamuk’s preceding novels, most of which are set in his native Istanbul, and narrates his childhood and early teenage years as an aspiring painter and architecture student during the early years of the Cold War era, in the 1950s and 1960s. The memoir is at once a passionate lyrical tribute to the late-Ottoman imperial metropole and a lament for Istanbul’s political and cultural degradation following the rise of the Turkish Republic, with its ensuing architectural and demographic …

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Citation: Bugeja, Norbert. "Istanbul: Memories of a City". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 31 August 2016 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=23241, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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